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Related Terms:
manner of articulation
consonant
lowered
phone
trill
vowel
open
diacritic
lateral fricative
primary articulation
nasal
utterance
approximant
lateral flap
lateral approximant
fricative
tap
flap
plosive
Noun
Definition: The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: , used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap.